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[chachee99]

Does anyone have both or either of these items? I would prefer a phone with caller ID. An all-in-one combo would be great.

[AwesomeA]

I have a digital answering machine, but the cord is American style. I'm looking for 10-15,000. Let me know if you are interested and I'll send pics.

[gsxr750r]

Cordless phones are just crazily overpriced here.

100,000 won for a no-name brand, where a named brand would cost you 1/3rd that back home.

[SeoulnPepe]

Korea rips its people off like crazy. I don't know if it's because of the import tarrifs, or because there's little room for price competition.

I wanted to buy a laser printer, and the model I was looking at I found at Emart for 199,000W. Back home the same Samsung model (although refurbished) is going for $68.00 CDN (that's like 54,000W).

For a list of what cordless phones are going for back home, check out this site:

http://factorydirect.ca/catalog/category_list.php?cat=3510

It surprizes me how crazy prices are out here. When I go home this summer, I'm shopping for all kinds of goodies, and then bringing them back with me.

Cheers,
SeoulnPepe

[gsxr750r]

I came to the same conclusion. I will bring one from home.

[Fly2theSky]

Are cordless phones really all that necessary here?

~I use my cell phone for 103% of all communication
~I could get all 4 walls, the ceiling, and the floor wet in my place with just one average sneeze.

[chachee99]

Cordless phones are not a needed here, but I have a three bedroom apartment and living alone. So i have plenty of space.

[gsxr750r]

Same here... not needed, but nice when you get a bigger place.

And I've noticed that the base-style phones here have VERY short cords.

[Ekuboko]

[gsxr750r]

Eku, I meant the cord from the handset to the phone... it's short, and cannot be removed or changed.